Memorial Weekend and Hendrix's Baby Blessing

Sunday May 25th we blessed Hendrix. It was Memorial Day weekend so the family came up for the whole weekend! Natalie and Aaron showed up first Friday afternoon. Kimberly and Sean and Lisa and Quinn showed up within minutes of each other Friday evening. Aaron made delicious spaghetti sauce for dinner. Mom, Dad, and Scott showed up Saturday morning. Steve and Jenny couldn't make it, and Kyle had to work, but we sure thought about them the whole weekend.

We borrowed Grandma and Grandpa's travel trailer. Lisa, Quinn, and their 4 younger kids stayed in there. Kim, Sean, and Mack slept in my office. Tycen slept in Dylan's office. Brayden, Asher, and Everett camped out in the garage, literally. They pitched a tent in there :) Natalie, Aaron, Mom, Dad, and Scott all got hotel rooms. It was a FULL house, but so much fun. I can't believe we managed everyone in this space!

It was the first time most of the family had met Hendrix. He was hardly set down the entire weekend!

Friday it was raining but Natalie took all the kids to the park down the road (Candy Cane Park) anyway. They had so much fun. The rest of the weekend was gorgeous. Saturday we went to Riverside Park in the morning, and back to Candy Cane Park after lunch. We played on the toys, by the river, played catch, football, flyers up, frisbee, and almost had a water fight thanks to Paul :) It is so nice having a park just down the street. Dylan has a little bmx bike with pegs on it that the kids just loved riding.

Brayden and Dylan's birthday was on Wednesday. Brayden wanted to celebrate with Dylan so we had his birthday dinner Friday (he wanted cold cereal) and his birthday dessert (cinnamon rolls) on Saturday. Kimberly made delicious cinnamon rolls and Brayden was so sweet for wanting to share that with Dylan. We attempted candles but the breeze kept blowing them out!

Sunday we went to church and blessed Hendrix in Sacrament meeting. Dylan, Dad, Quinn, Aaron, Tom, Shem, Uncle Rick, Uncle Dave, Jason, Bishop Madsen, Theo, and Simon all stood in the circle. Dylan gave such a beautiful blessing. I am so grateful to him, and all the men in the circle, for being worthy priesthood holders. After church we went out to Tom and Glenda's for a family dinner. It was so much fun. Aunt Penny, Uncle Sig, and Grandma and Grandpa were all there too.

Monday morning Mom and Lisa went on a run and Dad and Kim went for a bike ride. The kids spent more time at the park. We just enjoy being with each other! While at the park I got on Dylan's bmx bike and Mom got on the pegs. I wanted to take her for a ride around the park. When we got to the corner Mom said "There is a curb. Look a corner, there's a corner! *SCREAMS* Oh you can do corners on this thing?" haha it was so funny. I've NEVER heard Mom scream like that before. The next corner I took it wide (there is a basketball court so I was able to cut wide) and took it easy the third corner. Mom put her arms up a few times and said she felt like Leonardo Dicaprio and Kate Winslet. She is adorable. The fourth corner I took faster and it was tighter and Mom screamed again. It was fantastic. We were riding by the camera so she put her arms up again. I took an arm off the handlebars to wave and, once again, Mom screams. "Don't do that!" she says. We had such a blast. She didn't ever bail though! 

Lisa and Quinn brought a game called Scheming and Sulking (it's similar to Trump or Rage, with Piratey twists) and we spent so much time playing that game. We had so much fun.

And now, without further ado, pictures from the weekend!

Kimberly making birthday cinnamon rolls

Dylan is very helpful

Lance and Hendrix

Aaron FINALLY let Natalie drive ;)

Brayden made a necklace for Grandma

This seat swing was so much fun!

Hendrix enjoyed the part too

My handsome hubby! He wanted to spin Sean until he puked hah.

Natalie and Maverick

Letting Hendrix get use to wearing sunglasses.

Playing by the river

It was a gorgeous day. Hendrix moved from the stroller to the Lillebaby.
I love holding my boys close :)

Kimberly accidentally spilling water on Paul. This is the
beginning of the almost water fight! We spent the next half
hour trying to keep water bottles from Paul. It was so funny.

Tycen and Hendrix

Grandpa with grandkids #13 (Maverick) and #14 (Hendrix)

Playing at the park is hard work

Brayden's birthday cinnamon rolls

Dad and Kimber went on an evening bike ride

The boys getting a bath Saturday night. They decided they needed to
use a whole bar of soap....so that's why the water is murky....they weren't
that dirty!

Sunday morning. Hendrix had so much to say to Aunt Natalie!

Kayla decorated her hair with plant "caterpillars" 

Paul holding Hendrix.
"I am Four. Hendrix is Zero. I am waaay older than him."

Some of the grandkids wanted to exercise this morning, so after Grandma got back from her run she ran around the block with them!

Monday at the park, one last hurrah before everyone hit the road!

We had such a great time with the family here, and missed those that couldn't make it! I'm so grateful that our family is so tight knit and enjoy spending so much time together. It's hard for me being so far away from everyone else, I really treasure these times we get together!

Hendrix - 5.5 weeks

this boy is all smiles!
(this was around 2am after a meal. how can I mind getting up in the
middle of the night when I have such adorable company!)

Hendrix had a check up today! He weighs 10lbs 10 oz and is 22.25 inches long. We have such a happy growing boy!

Hendrix is One Month Old!

Dylan's cousin Kim made the hat and booties
Sandy (YW pres/visiting teacher) made the shirt :)

Hendrix Thomas Isaacson

Hendrix Thomas Isaacson
April 7, 2014 • 3:27am
8lbs 7.4oz • 21 inches

This post is way overdue but here it is! We welcomed Hendrix into the world on April 7, 2014 (his due date!) My parents, Dylan's parents, and Dylan were all there for the labor. Tom and Glenda left about 20 minutes before Hendrix was born (it was tax season and Glenda had to be at the office early that morning!) But they turned around and came back so they got to see him soon after! It was really special to have all of the grandparents there :)

I started having contractions Saturday morning and that night my parents decided it was time for them to come! They drove through the night and got here early Sunday morning. We watched conference together and by the afternoon session my contractions were getting to strong to pay attention to the speakers. I wanted to labor at home for as long as I could so my Mom coached me through the contractions while Dad timed them and Dylan held my hand. Around 7pm we headed up to the hospital. My water broke around 9pm and at 3 am I had to push! I had back labor the entire time and that was not fun at all. Mom and Dylan's Mom took turns applying heat to my back to help ease the pain. Labor was the hardest thing I've ever done in my life and I was totally miserable but once the baby was born all of that immediately went away. I know it sounds cliche but it was such a wonderful moment. They put him right on my chest and immediately I was so overwhelmed by my love for this boy and the struggle I had just gone through was completely worth it.

As readers of this blog will know I am terrible with words, so here are a trillion (almost literally) pictures that can express better than I can our experience the last month :) (Carly was awesome. She came to take pictures in the hospital and then again the next day when we came home! The good looking pictures are from her, the rest from phones!)

Excited he is coming soon!

This labor ball was the best thing. Also this lime popsicle was divine.
This is around midnight I think!

He is finally here! They put him right on my chest and cleaned him
up there. I held him for about an hour and a half before we even
weighed him or anything. It was perfect.

Dylan's first time holding Hendrix. He said "I wish I could see him!"
as he was wiping tears from his eyes.

8lbs 7.4oz

Getting weighed, measured, and poked. This was the
first time he cried.

Just chilling.

Grandpa Harston's turn

Nana's turn

His Aunt Natalie use to suck on her middle two fingers.
This lasted a few days.

Grandpa Harston burping Hendrix. Grandpa is a pro at this.

Grandma and Grandpa Harston

Grandma giving Hendrix his first bath

Dad styling his hair. We realized after his bath he had a lot more hair than we thought!

Meeting Aunt Carly

Getting ready to go home! We went home as soon as we
could. We were anxious to be back in our own space!

Papa and the boy.

Meeting Atticus for the first time. Atticus thinks we brought him home a treat!

He quickly figured it out though! He is so sweet with Hendrix and very
protective of him.

Aunt Nat thinks he looks like Mr. Smee here ;)

Our first night at home. We put him in these pj's and just about died.
We took a dozen pictures. He is almost too big for these now! 

It wasn't long before he was giving us smiles.
He is such a smily boy!

more finger sucking

so incredibly precious

Hand-me-down swing. This was Steve and Jenny's and was all pink!
Jenny made a new cover for it! Tycen sent a plane to our house and we put it on
the mobile. Hendrix loves it!

He has the most adorable grumpy face.

Dad loves squishing his cheeks! Which give Mom's a break :)

More cuddles

Hendrix inherited his Dad's long fingers and his Mom's huge feet...

Hendrix was sleeping and Dylan got up to change the laundry over.
Atticus got up from where he was and stood in front of Hendrix and
looked at Dylan like "Don't worry Dad, I got this." He loves to be
wherever Hendrix is!

bath time!

Definitely his father's son

So tiny in his crib!

Dylan loves to play for Hendrix. 

This is a picture of Dylan as a baby. The older Hendrix gets
the more he looks like his dad!

Napping together. (I'm pretty sure Dylan took more naps the
first couple weeks than I did. Curse my internal clock for
not letting me sleep during the day!)

Meeting Aunt Natalie!

Natalie loves it when he sleeps like this. Her words:
"Oohh. I'm dead!"

More nap time!

He looks so thug

This is from today! He is so alert now and starting to discover his voice.
He eats a TON and loves to look out the window.

 Hendrix has already grown so much in the (almost) 4 weeks he has been here. I am amazed by how fast he changes. We look forward to seeing more of his personality show and love watching him grow! I'll try to do a better job of keeping the blog updated, so stay tuned!